Barack Obama's speech on race

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama gave a speech Tuesday morning on race relations in the United States in response to criticism of his association with Rev. Jeremiah Wright and repeated Internet and televised airings of sermons by Wright containing racist statements. A transcript of the speech is available through the Huffington Post.

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